For the longest while 'feminism' was one of those tragic words and if you described yourself as such it was like saying "I'm a spinster" a word that says un-marriageable because that's all us girls want, is to be married.
Everyone wants intimacy and that's why we women want to get married. We want tenderness, someone who apparently wants to be dedicated to making us women happy, and that's what is the worst thing about not being married, we women have to take care of ourselves.
Not so bad really, if we can and we are allowed too.
Feminist came pre-loaded with hairy legs and armpits, unsexy footwear and over-alls, dowdy and unglamourous. At university, the women's department was populated exclusively by women who wore dull clothes often saying things that frankly sounded illogical and psycho. I tried reading the Germaine Greer and Simone de Beauvoir.
And for the longest time I saw no need for feminism - I was the queen of the department where I worked or when I was a student. Men treated me very well. It didn't occur to me to wonder why there were no female managers in engineering, I just assumed that none of us had made the grade and the ratio of 200 men to about 3 women was nothing to worry about.
Then one day I was asked by a female academic, why women don't become alchemists. I was shocked. Wasn't the very question kinda sexist? Why should I know, just because I am a woman, why should I have to be an expert on what women choose to do and don't do. The question annoyed me and I would rail at my friends at the sexism of the question.
It wasn't until the 2008 primaries that I realized feminism is just as relevant today as it ever was.
I’ve cured the problem of ‘feminism’ having a dirty name by tagging myself as ‘a feminist who loves men’. This has men drooling all over the internet supporting my rights to equality. Feminism should never be about whether we shave our armpits or legs or stop wearing nice shoes or clothes we like… the best way to advance our rights is *with* men's support. Feminism should not be about what you wear. I don't care what women choose to wear so long as they choose to wear it rather than have the choice forced upon them by society.
At the same time I don’t want to give the impression we are going to become ‘easy’ just because we love men. But I find its worth getting them onside before telling them: no we have sex only when and if I agree.
Everyone wants intimacy and that's why we women want to get married. We want tenderness, someone who apparently wants to be dedicated to making us women happy, and that's what is the worst thing about not being married, we women have to take care of ourselves.
Not so bad really, if we can and we are allowed too.
Feminist came pre-loaded with hairy legs and armpits, unsexy footwear and over-alls, dowdy and unglamourous. At university, the women's department was populated exclusively by women who wore dull clothes often saying things that frankly sounded illogical and psycho. I tried reading the Germaine Greer and Simone de Beauvoir.
And for the longest time I saw no need for feminism - I was the queen of the department where I worked or when I was a student. Men treated me very well. It didn't occur to me to wonder why there were no female managers in engineering, I just assumed that none of us had made the grade and the ratio of 200 men to about 3 women was nothing to worry about.
Then one day I was asked by a female academic, why women don't become alchemists. I was shocked. Wasn't the very question kinda sexist? Why should I know, just because I am a woman, why should I have to be an expert on what women choose to do and don't do. The question annoyed me and I would rail at my friends at the sexism of the question.
It wasn't until the 2008 primaries that I realized feminism is just as relevant today as it ever was.
I’ve cured the problem of ‘feminism’ having a dirty name by tagging myself as ‘a feminist who loves men’. This has men drooling all over the internet supporting my rights to equality. Feminism should never be about whether we shave our armpits or legs or stop wearing nice shoes or clothes we like… the best way to advance our rights is *with* men's support. Feminism should not be about what you wear. I don't care what women choose to wear so long as they choose to wear it rather than have the choice forced upon them by society.
At the same time I don’t want to give the impression we are going to become ‘easy’ just because we love men. But I find its worth getting them onside before telling them: no we have sex only when and if I agree.
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